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Jays GM feels 'really good' about team in place and opportunity to make it better
Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins had barely settled into his seat for a media availability at a downtown restaurant when a Shohei Ohtani question was volleyed his way. The two-way superst...
Nov 28, 2023
Council on board with more housing at salad plant
Coldstream council is supporting an application to add more housing for temporary farm workers at the Vegpro salad packing plant on Ricardo Road.The Quebec-based company is seeking approval from the A...
Nov 28, 2023
Toronto Arrows players left with more questions than answers after MLR team folds
TORONTO - Captain Lucas Rumball, like his Toronto Arrows teammates, has more questions than answers in the wake of news that the Major League Rugby franchise has closed shop. MLR said Monday that the ...
Nov 28, 2023
Pilot dies in small plane crash in B.C.'s East Kootenay region, RCMP say
BRISCO, B.C. - RCMP say the pilot of a plane is dead after it crashed in British Columbia's East Kootenay region on Friday. Columbia Valley RCMP say in a news release that they received a report of a ...
Nov 28, 2023
B.C. growth forecast drops to one per cent for 2023, but deficit projection improves
VICTORIA - British Columbia's economy is forecast to grow one per cent in 2023, a drop from the 1.2 per cent predicted earlier by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry's second quarterly report also f...
Nov 28, 2023
Digital services tax still part of the plan, says Freeland, but timing unclear
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pushing back against the idea that the federal government is wavering on its Jan. 1 timeline for implementing a new digital services tax. Language in las...
Nov 28, 2023
Canada women to open play in Houston in inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup in 2024
The inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup will be held next year in Houston, Los Angeles, San Diego and Carson, Calif., CONCACAF announced Tuesday, Games will be played at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles and Digni...
Nov 28, 2023
Québec solidaire loses longtime member after deciding men can't run in byelections
MONTREAL - A three-time Qubec solidaire candidate says he's leaving the left-wing party after it adopted a resolution to nominate only women and non-binary people as candidates in future byelections. ...
Nov 28, 2023
Federal politicians criticize Alberta Energy Regulator over oilsands leak, monitoring
OTTAWA - Federal politicians have criticized the Alberta Energy Regulator at an environment committee meeting looking into two releases of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine earlier this...
Nov 28, 2023
Blue Bombers hand two-year extension to general manager Kyle Walters
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed general manager Kyle Walters to a two-year contract extension. Assistant GM and director of U.S. scouting Danny McManus and senior assistant GM and dir...
Nov 28, 2023
